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Hello Forum,

I used to keep leopards a few years ago and crickets were a major pain in the bum. Does anyone keep leopards on a non live prey diet of supplements or dried insects, etc?

I'd love to get back into them but not if it means buying crickets or mealworms.

Thanks.

The only dead food for geckos come in cans and arent generally accepted by geckos nor are they of good nutritional value. I have always wondered if there could be a powdered formula that was an ideal diet if geckos would eat it exclusively. they seem to know what to do with their bowls of powdered calcium. Until then boa constrictors will live well on a diet as easy as you are looking for, and they make good pets.

Leopard geckos are naturally hunters, and rarely accept 'canned' foods- any food that is not moving around.
I too detest working with crickets. I still feed plenty of crickets but prefer to feed mealworms with are also nutricious, much easier to work with, can be kept much longer than crickets, and do not nearly small as bad. Do you have an opposition to mealworms?

If you are looking for a similar reptile to keep that does not require live insects at all, consider crested geckos. They are about the same size as leopards, do not require any special lighting or heating setup, and eat a powdered food mixed with water. E-mail me if you have any other questions about cresteds at supremegecko@wi.rr.com
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I've tried the ZooMed "Leopard Gecko Food" which is dried flies and other supplements. The leopard geckos don't seem to touch them, either adult or newly hatched.

Mealworms are easier to deal with than crickets, and once you set up a decent colony it takes very little effort to grow thousands of them.